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Virtual Library Opens Inside Minecraft To Share Banned News Stories

Reporters Without Borders has found a radical new platform for distribution of banned media in some of most oppressive nations in the world: Minecraft.



The advocacy group has launched an online space with a dedicated server for the game of video that is popularly known as "The Uncensored Library," accessible to any of Minecraft's 145 million monthly users.



The library will include news stories that were not censored in the country they originated from that are influenced by the neoclassical architectures of the past of Rome and Greece.



The Uncensored Library is a new virtual library in Minecraft which was developed in part by Reporters Without Borders to host the work of journalists banned or restricted in their countries of origin.



In the beginning, the library will be filled with stories from five countries that rank near the bottom of Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index that include Egypt, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam.



The stories will be published in English as well as the original language they were written in.



The stories' text can't be edited or altered However, anyone with access to the Minecraft server hosting the library will be able to read them.



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The project is supported by a number of prominent journalists who've had their work or the work of someone they love, censored, including Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van Dai, Russian journalist Yulia Berezovskaia and Hatice Cengiz, fiancee to the journalist murdered Jamal Khashoggi.



In many countries across the world, there is no free access to information and information,' Reporters Without Borders' Christian Mihr said in a statement on the organization's website.



Web sites are blocked, independent news outlets are banned, and the press is controlled by the state. Young people grow up without being able to form their own opinions.'



'By using Minecraft the world's most played computer game as an instrument, we grant them access to independent information.'



The library will feature the work of five journalists who were banned in five countries: Egypt, Vietnam, Russia and Saudi Arabia.



16 people created the library with 125,000,000 blocks. They were inspired by the neoclassical architecture of ancient Rome and Greece.



The library is supported by prominent international journalists including Nguyen van Dan, a Vietnamese blogger, Yulia Berezovskaia, a Russian journalist and Hatice Ceengiz, the fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi, the murdered journalist.



Reporters Without Borders joined forces with DDB German, BlockWorks design studio and Media Monks production company to create The Uncensored Library



The stories will be accessible in both English and the language they were originally published in, and the readers are not able to modify or edit the text in any way



The library's virtual opening was scheduled to coincide with World Day Against Cyber Censorship, an annual observance that was established in 2008 as a collaborative effort between Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders.



The Library was built by 24 "builders" from 16 different countries using 125,000,000 blocks. It is a massive central Rotunda measuring 984 feet in diameter.



Reporters Without Borders, DDB German, BlockWorks design studio and Media Monks collaborated on the project.
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